30 editor picks across United States.
30 new american restaurants worth the trip across United States, editor-ranked. All cuisines in United States.
Alinea in Chicago is Grant Achatz's three-Michelin-star tasting menu at 1723 N Halsted, the dining room that codified American modernist fine dining.
OrderWhichever course needs your two hands; the kitchen is unsentimental about it.
TipBook the Gallery flow if you want the full theatre; Salon is the quieter, three-course-less option.
Sanford on North Jackson Street has anchored Milwaukee fine dining since 1989, with a tasting menu chef Justin Aprahamian has run since 2012.
OrderThe Surprise menu, a multi-course tasting that changes with the season and the kitchen's mood.
TipReservations open four weeks out and the dining room is small; book before the JBA semifinalist announcements each spring.
Sean Sherman's Indigena by Owamni inside the Guthrie Theater runs the country's pre-eminent Indigenous tasting kitchen in Minneapolis since June 2026.
Gavin Kaysen's flagship in the old North Loop livery has run modern-American fine dining in Minneapolis since 2014. James Beard Best Chef Midwest 2018.
Campo at Los Poblanos on Rio Grande Boulevard is the farm to table room on the working lavender farm in Los Ranchos, with Rio Grande Valley cuisine.
OrderRio Grande Valley tasting menu, Lavender honey desserts
Campo at Los Poblanos on Rio Grande Boulevard is the farm to table tasting room on a working lavender farm in Los Ranchos, open nightly for dinner at 17:00.
Charleston is Cindy Wolf's Harbor East flagship, a 2025 James Beard winner for its beverage program, where you build a Lowcountry menu course by course.
OrderBuild the menu around the cornmeal-fried oysters and shrimp and grits.
TipIt is the city's benchmark special-occasion room; the wine pairing draws on a vast cellar.
Eric Warnstedt's Hen of the Wood opened a second location at 55 Cherry Street in downtown Burlington in 2013, eight years after the Waterbury original.
OrderThe mushroom toast with bacon and poached egg, plus whatever the daily Vermont cheese flight is pouring.
TipBook on Resy 30 days ahead for prime weekend slots. The bar takes walk-ins from 16:00 and serves the full menu.
Boca on East 6th Street downtown is David Falk's flagship Cincinnati dining room, modern American with luxury proteins and a deep wine cellar.
Veritas on West Gay Street downtown is Chef Josh Dalton's Columbus tasting-menu room, the city's reference fine-dining counter since the 2017 move.
OrderWhatever the kitchen is leading the tasting menu with this week.
TipReservations on the restaurant's own site open weeks ahead; the counter seats facing the open kitchen book first.
Beholder is Jonathan Brooks' near-eastside room on East 10th Street in Indianapolis. The constantly-changing menu is the city's most-watched table.
OrderWhatever the kitchen is doing with crudo, plus the special pasta or grilled vegetable course.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday. Reservations on Resy are essential for Friday and Saturday; the bar takes walk-ins.
Beholder is Jonathan Brooks' East 10th Street room in Indianapolis. The constantly-changing a la carte makes it the most-watched dining experience.
Saint-Germain in New Orleans holds a Michelin star for a ten-course tasting in a Bywater shotgun, from chefs Blake Aguillard and Trey Smith.
Nonesuch in Oklahoma City earns James Beard recognition for tasting menus rooted in Oklahoma fermentation and prairie preservation traditions.
Nonesuch in Oklahoma City earns James Beard recognition for tasting menus rooted in Oklahoma fermentation and prairie preservation traditions.
The 2026 James Beard America's Classics winner, Johnny's has run beside the Union Stockyards since 1922 and is in its third generation of family ownership.
OrderHand-cut bone-in rib-eye: the dish bringing stockyard workers and journalists to 27th Street since 1922.
The 2026 James Beard America's Classics winner, Johnny's Cafe has served hand-cut steaks in the same building beside the former Union Stockyards since 1922.
Victoria and Albert's at Disney's Grand Floridian holds a Michelin star and AAA Five Diamond status, with a seven-course Victorian-room menu.
Friday Saturday Sunday in Philadelphia is Chad and Hanna Williams's narrow Rittenhouse townhouse, James Beard Best New Restaurant 2019 and the city's most.
OrderThe mushroom soup, with foie gras toast on the side. The dish that anchored their James Beard year.
TipThe upstairs bar takes walk-ups. The wine list runs natural and the pours arrive faster than reservations.
Kai at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass is Arizona's only AAA Five Diamond restaurant, cooking Pima and Maricopa ingredients on Gila River land.
OrderThe grilled tribal buffalo tenderloin with cholla buds and scarlet runner bean chile.
TipOpen Wednesday to Saturday only; the drive to Wild Horse Pass is about 30 minutes south of downtown.
Fore Street opened 1996 in a converted Old Port warehouse and built modern New England cooking around a wood oven, open hearth and turning spit.
OrderRoasted Maine mussels in almond, garlic and vermouth from the wood oven.
TipSame-day walk-ins fill the bar from 17:00; book online up to two months ahead for tables.
Fore Street has been Portland's flagship wood-fired dining room since 1996, with a wood-burning oven, open hearth and turning spit at the kitchen's heart.
Champe and Lisa Speidel's Persimmon on Hope Street runs four-night seasonal French-leaning cooking. Foie gras, RI shellfish, the city's special-occasion room.
OrderWhatever Champe is plating from the Rhode Island shellfish run.
TipWednesday through Saturday, 17:00 onward. Reservations via the restaurant's own site; book two to four weeks ahead.
Christensen's flagship since 2007 runs a rotating blackboard menu driven by the farm network. The macaroni au gratin is a Raleigh institution.
OrderMacaroni au gratin, Roasted half chicken
The flagship that shaped Raleigh's food identity. A rotating blackboard menu changes nightly by farm delivery; the macaroni au gratin is a city institution.
Mark Kiffin, 2005 James Beard Best Chef Southwest, owns The Compound on Canyon Road; Chef Dale Kester took over the kitchen at the storied adobe in 2026.
OrderTuna tartare, Roasted chicken with foie gras, Liquid-centre chocolate cake
Brandon Carter's Victorian-house dining room on East 37th. Bon Appetit Best New Restaurant 2022 and 2025 James Beard Best Chef Southeast semifinalist room.
The Gallinas' vegetable-forward Central West End room is the most decorated restaurant in St. Louis, a 2026 James Beard Outstanding Restaurant finalist.
TipBook the tasting through OpenTable well ahead; the a la carte menu and wine garden are the easier ways in on short notice.
Tito and Pep on East Speedway in midtown Tucson is the chef-driven seasonal kitchen with mesquite-fired vegetables and bone-in pork chops on wood.
Farm and Table on Fourth Street NW in Albuquerque's North Valley is the ever changing seasonal farm to table room with multi course chef's dinners.
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